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Pennsylvania State Facts

  • Pennsylvania's Counties*
    Adams
    Allegheny
    Armstrong
    Beaver
    Bedford
    Berks
    Blair
    Bradford
    Bucks
    Butler
    Cambria
    Cameron
    Carbon
    Centre
    Chester
    Clarion
    Clearfield    		 Clinton
    Columbia
    Crawford
    Cumberland
    Dauphin
    Delaware
    Elk
    Erie
    Fayette
    Forest
    Franklin
    Fulton
    Greene
    Huntingdon
    Indiana
    Jefferson
    Juniata    		 Lackawanna
    Lancaster
    Lawrence
    Lebanon
    Lehigh
    Luzerne
    Lycoming
    McKean
    Mercer
    Mifflin
    Monroe
    Montgomery
    Montour
    Northampton
    Northumberland
    Perry
    Philadelphia    		 Pike
    Potter
    Schuylkill
    Snyder
    Somerset
    Sullivan
    Susquehanna
    Tioga
    Union
    Venango
    Warren
    Washington
    Wayne
    Westmoreland
    Wyoming
    York

    *From US Census Bureau

  • The State Flag of Pennsylvania:
    • Pennsylvania's State Flag is more of a square than a rectangle. It is composed of a blue field on which the State Coat of Arms is embroidered. Draft horses are on either side of the coat of arms and the American eagle rests on the top. The scroll at the bottom reads Virtue, Liberty and Independence. The first state flag bearing the state coat of arms was authorized by the general assembly in 1799. An act of the general assembly of June 13, 1907, standardized the flag and required that the blue field match the blue of "Old Glory".

  • President Born in Pennsylvania:
    • The fifteenth President of the United States, James Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania on April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap (near Mercersburg).

  • Pennsylvania was named in honor of Admiral William Penn, father of the state's founder, William Penn.
  • Pennsylvania was admitted to Statehood on December 12, 1787, the second state.
  • Motto: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence.
  • The official state song is "Pennsylvania," was written and composed by Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner. Signed into law as the state's song on November 29, 1990.
  • Nicknamed the Keystone State and the Quaker State.
  • State Capital: Harrisburg
  • Animal: Whitetail Deer enacted by the General Assembly on October 2, 1959.
  • Bird: Ruffed Grouse Dog: Great Dane, as of August 15, 1965.
  • Fish: Brook Trout, as of March 9, 1970.
  • Flower: Mountain Laurel became the state flower on May 5, 1933.
  • Tree: Eastern Hemlock, as of June 23, 1931.

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